The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22
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The Thomas SPARKS farm III Man
nington, containing IA I 100 acres,
was sold on saturday to Joseph H. Fogg
for $64 per acre.
The annual meeting of the West Jer-
sey Agricultural Association was held
on Thursday in Woadstown. The old
officer, Omar Bnrton, President; JAS.
d. Lawson, Secretary; and Samuel I.
Lippincott, Treasurer, were reelected.
1t was decided to hold the Fair three
day this year-September ID, ID, and
15th-instead OF two days as hereto
fore.
Four thousand tons of ice is the guam
tity put up this season by Walter ID.
Griscom, the Salem ice cream manufae
turer.
Congressman Hires will endeavor to
have AL appropriation inserted in the
new river aud horbor bill to improve
Alioways creek.
Charles r. Burt, Barclay Edwards
and Aaron Cole, of Woodstown, have
gone to the southern part of South
Carolina ON business and for cunning.
There has been a charge in the
management of the Elmer Shoe Manu-
featuring Co., the former proprietor
having sold out to IA stock company
who have organized with a capital
stock of SIC, 900. The following were
elected officers on Thursday evening
last: Pres, Thomas Sickels; Vice
President. Harry 5. Croft !; Sec, E. E.
Gsoff; Treas, Jacob Hitchner; Dire Ct
ois, Cassie Hitchner, G. F. Hitchner,
Jsmea Brown. The company still wish
to increase the capital stock and is is
hored that the amount will he forth
coming.
Walter O'Brien, n IL year old Lao of
Salem, was drowned in the creek at
the steamboat landing last Saturday
night. 1t is supposed he fell in an air
hole while walking on the ice. His
body was recovered on Mon day after
noon.
The Woodstown Register says that a
Car load of fine bred brown mares
from Fair Lawn Stock Farm Ky, ar
rived ut French's Hotel, Saturday
night. There are Is Of them, compris-
ing the most fashionable blood in the
country, being by such noted sires as
Ham%bletonian, Happy Medium, Startle
Belmont, Mambrino Patchen, Sultan,
White Line, and other noted sires.
These mares are all In foal to noted
stations. These valuable animals are
to be taken to the farm of WIN DisstOn,
| known rs the j. Peterson Farm and re-
Gently purchased of J. Clark, of Woods
town,-and are a valuable acquisition
to Salem county which is already fam
| GUS for her fine horses Mr.. Disston
will make u model stock farm out of
his purchase having training grounds
| and track, and work will be commence
Ms soon ~ practicable.
Messrs. NJ. p, Grey of Salem, and
| S. II. Grey. of Camden, have formed
a partnership for the practice of law
under the name of Grey & Grey, with
| Offices in Camden and Salem. MP.
Grey will continue his residence and
| Office in Salem, where he may be seen
every Saturday, during the rest of the
week he will he at No. 104 Market
street, Camdan.
Henry Austin has sold his prize WIN
ming HOlstein bull, Prince Opperdoes,
No. SAT, to Henry Buck, Of FairtOn.
This weight of this immense animal
was 2290 pounds. Prince Opperdoes'
successor, as head of Austin's herd, is
Netherland Arts, bred by Smiths
Powell Il Lamb, of Syracuse, n. Y
Mrs. smith, of Elmer, who was ar
rested for selling oleomargarine paiC
500 last week as she could not dis
prove the analysis Notwithstanding
she purchased the butter Of IA farmer.
Barclay Griscom, of Warrington
has sold u ti~ve-year-old horse to a Phil
adelphia party for 800, and Andrew
Griscom of the same township, has re
ceived 5000 for a team of fine horses
Robert J. Summerill has purchases
OF Sarah Casper u farm below Dare
town, containing 80 acres, $1,000.
The Elmer cooperative glass work;
report business In u prosperous condi
ton. They are now employing ab9ur
sixty hands. They have between S12, 00'
and s14, 900 worth Of glass on hand.
A prominent farmer In Lower Creek
township, is by marriage an uncle t,
his brother. The children of thes'
brothers have to ascertain what rela
| ton they are to each other.
Cong uss:asan Hires has secured bach
pension money amounting t. 81 800 au'